Consequences of a decentralized healthcare governance model: Measuring regional authority support for patient choice in Sweden

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-279

  Fredriksson, Mio ^a   Winblad, Ulrika ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Equality; Healthcare policy; Healthcare politics; Patient choice; Soft governance; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING;

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; PATIENT RIGHT; SWEDEN;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENTS; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATE MEDICINE; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 44649131292     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.03.025     Document Type: Article

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